Mum calls for ban after baby choked on vest logo

Jayne Sutcliffe with her three month old baby Kray Ullett wearing a vest top from Asda similar to the one he nearly choked on.

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Mum Jayne Sutcliffe claims her baby son could have died after he choked on a logo from a supermarket babygrow.

Jayne, 27, is now calling on Asda to remove the baby bodysuits from its shelves, claiming they are a danger to children.

The supermarket has confirmed that it is carrying out tests.

Jayne, from Newcastle Street, Hulme, bought the seven-pack of George pastel bodysuits from the Asda store in Hulme. Her four-month-old son Kray later managed to rip a printed picture of a teddy bear from the front of one.

He was found choking on the plastic-backed logo in his pram by Jayne and her mother. Jayne later returned to the store and bought another £6 pack to test them. She said the logos came off easily.

Jayne said: “Kray was just playing around in his pram and must have pulled it off himself. It is like a transfer that you iron on yourself with a plastic coating on the back.

“He was choking and turning blue. If we hadn't have checked on him it could have been a different story. He could have died. It was stuck in his throat and he could not breathe. It was awful. My mum put her fingers down his throat because nothing else was working and she pulled it out.”

Jayne, an unemployed mother-of-four, took the packet back to the store to complain then bought a second packet. She claims the store manager agreed with her that the logos came off with ease.

Jayne also spoke to the Asda head office. She said staff there told her that it would take 40 days to investigate.

“I took the vest and the print back into Asda and asked for the manager,” added Jayne. “She said that she would send them off to head office. The manager in the store said that they were coming off easily. I bought some more just to test them and they were coming off easily.

“Asda at first said it was probably a faulty batch. She said that she would give me a goodwill gesture but I want them taken off the shelves until they are checked. I rang head office and they said that they had received them and would do some tests on them.

“I was really annoyed because they said it could take 40 days and they cannot just take them off the shelves right away. I want Asda to stop selling them or at least make sure that they are safe. I do not want any other parent to go through what I have done.”